Walkdown
In
player.In jazz, a walkdown is a descending bassline below chords sharing a common tone.[2] For example, if the above was G-D/F♯-Em7 the bassline would descend, G, F♯, E, while D is held in common. Walkdown may also refer to the movement from V to IV in bars nine and ten of the twelve-bar blues.[3]
See also
- Walking bass
Sources
- ^ Wilson, Steven Robert (1985). On the Importance of Popular Music Theory in the Curriculum, p.62. University of California, Santa Cruz.
- ISBN 9780786665594.
- ISBN 9781119943969.
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